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Shared services: a strategy for reinventing government.
Governments face a widening gulf between the rising expectations of those they serve and their ability to deliver. Right now, funding shortfalls and the looming retirements of baby boomer-generation civil servants are putting tremendous pressure on governments to achieve higher performance with significantly fewer resources. If rising expectations of government are to be met within constrained budgets and with fewer personnel, then productivity must increase.
Many governments have begun the process of improving productivity by making significant investments in technologies such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. However, the technology focus of these ...
- Hackett Research Alert: European Companies Turning to Finance Shared Services...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 6, 2007 700+ words
...SSO Options LONDON -- Finance shared services organisations (SSOs) have...Horizon for European Finance Shared Services" offers findings from the fifth...companies using finance SSOs saw cost savings of over 10%, and just over...
- Alsbridge Report: More Companies Use Offshore Shared Services to Standardize...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 12, 2007 700+ words
Success of Shared Services Linked to Strong Executive Support...respondents say they currently use shared services, while another 12 percent are...considered a reason to employ shared services, an overwhelmingly 86 percent...
- Keeping HR on the inside: the shared services model provides an alternative to...
- Magazine article from: HRMagazine Frase-Blunt, Martha October 1, 2004 700+ words
...consolidate and how shared services is structured depends...company. For many, shared services provides an alternative...realizes similar cost savings without losing control...be done through a shared services approach." But...
- KPMG Consulting Available to Comment on Achieving Cost Savings Through Shared...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 27, 2001 700+ words
...is through the implementation of a shared services environment. Organizations that have successfully implemented a shared services model report savings of 10% to 40% for these functions. Shared services is an innovative approach to standardizing...
- Making the case for shared services in the public sector: Shane Mohan outlines...
- Magazine article from: Accountancy Ireland Mohan, Shane August 1, 2006 700+ words
...the case for shared services is very clear--the substantial cost savings and other benefits...relatively few shared services have been implemented...successfully implemented shared services. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cost savings & benefits...
- Shared Services
- Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business January 1, 2007 700+ words
...or maintenance service. Shared services are also available on the...example of this form of shared services is Application Service...companies that implement shared services enjoy significant cost savings by standardizing practices...
- Deloitte Study: Shared Services Organizations Becoming a More Strategic Asset,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 14, 2007 700+ words
Survey Reveals Shared Services Organizations Moving Beyond Cost Savings to Deliver Greater Controls...reasons companies adopt shared services, a variety of more strategic...new study by Deloitte. Shared services are defined as the practice...
- Shared Services Benchmark Research: Costs, Structures and Savings.
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 12, 2004 700+ words
...WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2004 Shared services are becoming a standard...realize the compelling cost savings gleaned from shared services, a growing number of global...different dimensions of shared services. Designed to further assist...
Source: HighBeam Research, Shared services: a strategy for reinventing government.